CS488 - Introduction to Computer Graphics - Spring 2008

Administrative

Instructor

• Bill Cowan, [wW][mM][cC][oO][wW][aA][nN]@cgl.uwaterloo.ca, DC2111, x34527.

Teaching Assistants & Office Hours

• Jeff Dicker -
  • 14.00 to 15.30, Fridays in DC2303
• Marshall Hahn -
  • 13.00 to 14.30, Wednesdays in DC2303
• Vladimir Levin -
  • 14.00 to 15.00, Mondays in DC2303
  • 15.00 to 16.30, Mondays in MC6092 (the undergraduate graphics lab)

Location and Time of Lectures

• RCH308
• 11.30 to 12.50, Tuesday and Thursday.

Newsgroup

• uw.cs.cs488

Texts

• CS488 Course Notes - required
• Shreiner, Woo, Neider & Davis. OpenGL Programming Guide - optional
• McConnell. Computer Graphics: Theory into Practice - optional

Mark Distribution

1. Assignments 1-5: 40%
2. Midterm exam: 20%
3. Final exam: 40%

In order to pass the course it is necessary to pass both the assignment and the exams. Here is my algorithm for calculating marks.

1. There are three marks
   1. Assignment
   2. Exam: 0.67*final + 0.33*midterm
   3. Course: 0.4*assignment + 0.6*exam
2. If any mark is below 50% then you get the lowest of the three marks.
3. If all marks are above 50% then you get the course mark.

Lecture Notes.

Assignments.

Extra Notes.

Examinations.

Return to:

• Bill Cowan's home page
• Bill Cowan's teaching page.
• Bill Cowan's CS488 page.